Form and Function considers everyday objects through sculpture and painting. To make her ‘tools for regeneration’, Susan Gourley joins the handles of discarded garden tools with meticulous replicas of native Australian plants that she makes using found materials. While Cosima Scales’ paintings are frank depictions of utilitarian and domestic objects. Displayed together the works invite close observation of both subject and form—how a piece of cardboard mimics the creamy underside of a banksia leaf, or the way a lick of paint describes string unwinding from the spool.
Accompanying essay by Susan Ostling
A note on COVID-19
Please try to accurately RSVP to this event as there will be a maximum of 40 people on the premises at any one time. We have added a new event – Saturday afternoon drinks – so that there are more opportunities to meet the artists.
Maximum of 5 people inside the gallery at any one time.
We will be observing social distancing guidelines.
We ask you to please provide your details and check-in upon arrival.
And please stay home if you are feeling unwell.
OPENING Friday 6 November 6:00pm – 9:00pm
CONTINUES Saturday 7 November 11:00am – 5:00pm with AFTERNOON DRINKS 3:00 – 5:00pm
CONTINUES Saturday 7 November 11:00am – 5:00pm with AFTERNOON DRINKS 3:00 – 5:00pm
Image: Photo of Susan Gourley’s work by Thomas Oliver.
